Mortal Kombat Trilogyfeatures the same gameplay and story asMortal Kombat 3, but adds characters and stages from the other three arcade games, includingUltimate Mortal Kombat 3. Some completely new characters were also introduced. New additions to the game included the “Aggressor” bar, a meter that fills during the course of the match and temporarily makes a player character faster and stronger. It also features a new finishing move calledBrutality, a long combination of attacks that ends with the opponent exploding.

The game was met with mixed reviews. The hardest criticism was directed at the Nintendo 64 version, which did not have as much content as the other versions due to limited storage space on the cartridge.